State Journal

An anonymous North Carolina legislator is making work for top administrators in one of the state's school districts.

Last month, the legislature's fiscal-research office, acting on behalf of the unnamed lawmaker, requested public records on administrative spending over the past five years in the Moore County schools. The move has fueled speculation about whom the request came from and why.

District officials suspect political maneuvering aimed at affecting the outcome of two referendums set to go before county voters in November: a $36.5 million school and community college bond issue and a proposal to change from an appointed...